Skip to main content Show glosses Glosses Show glosses Glosses Acknowledgments Abbreviations List General Introduction Introduction to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden) John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden) Introduction to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne) John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne) Introduction to John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" (DIMEV 4905) John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" (DIMEV 4905) Introduction to "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387) "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387) Introduction to "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" (DIMEV 3624) "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" (DIMEV 3624) Introduction to "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" (DIMEV 3454) "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" (DIMEV 3454) Introduction to "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man," Ascribed to Robert Henryson (DIMEV 4000) "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man" (DIMEV 4000) Introduction to "The Dawnce of Makabre" (DIMEV 4104) "The Dawnce of Makabre" (DIMEV 4104) Introduction to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956) "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956) Introduction to La Danse macabre La Danse macabre Explanatory and Textual Notes Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden) Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne) Notes to John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" Notes to "Three Messengers of Death" Notes to "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" Notes to "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" Notes to "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man" Notes to "The Dawnce of Makabre" Notes to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" Notes to La Danse macabre Bibliography Acknowledgments Abbreviations List General Introduction Introduction to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden) John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden) Introduction to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne) John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne) Introduction to John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" (DIMEV 4905) John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" (DIMEV 4905) Introduction to "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387) "Three Messengers of Death" (DIMEV 5387) Introduction to "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" (DIMEV 3624) "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" (DIMEV 3624) Introduction to "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" (DIMEV 3454) "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" (DIMEV 3454) Introduction to "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man," Ascribed to Robert Henryson (DIMEV 4000) "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man" (DIMEV 4000) Introduction to "The Dawnce of Makabre" (DIMEV 4104) "The Dawnce of Makabre" (DIMEV 4104) Introduction to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956) "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" (DIMEV 956) Introduction to La Danse macabre La Danse macabre Explanatory and Textual Notes Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: A Version (Selden) Notes to John Lydgate, Dance of Death: B Version (Lansdowne) Notes to John Lydgate, "Death's Warning to the World" Notes to "Three Messengers of Death" Notes to "A Warning Spoken by the Soul of a Dead Person" Notes to "A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet" Notes to "The Ressoning betuix Deth and Man" Notes to "The Dawnce of Makabre" Notes to "Can Ye Dance the Shaking of the Sheets" Notes to La Danse macabre Bibliography Explanatory Notes
A version Lydgate, Dance of Death (Selden) B version Lydgate, Dance of Death (Lansdowne) CT Chaucer, Canterbury Tales , ed. Benson D Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 322 (SC 21896) DMF Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) DOST Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue FP Lydgate, Fall of Princes , ed. Bergen Gray “Two Songs of Death,” ed. Gray Hassell Hassell, Middle French Proverbs, Sentences, and Proverbial Phrases MED Middle English Dictionary ODNB Oxford Dictionary of National Biography OED Oxford English Dictionary Whiting Whiting, Proverbs, Sentences, and Proverbial Phrases Textual Notes
A1 London, British Library Additional 37049 fols. 31v–32r (basis for “Dawnce of Makabre”) A2 London, British Library Additional 15225, fols. 15r–16r (basis for “Shaking of the Sheets”) BD Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates’ 1.1.6 (Bannatyne MS Draft), pp. 43r–44r BM Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates’ 1.1.6 (Bannatyne MS Main), fols. 56r–57r (basis for “Ressoning betuix Death and Man”) Brown Religious Lyrics of the XVth Century , ed. Brown, p. 241 Brunner “Mittelenglische Todesgedichte,” ed. Brunner, pp. 27–28, 30 C Cambridge, Cambridge University Library Ff.5.45, fols. 13r–14r Cov Coventry, Coventry Archives Acc. 325/1, fols. 70rb–74vb Cutler Cutler, John L. “A Middle English Acrostic,” p. 88 D Oxford, Bodleian Library Douce 322 (SC 21896), fols. 19vb–20ra (basis for “Death’s Warning to the World”) Doty “An Edition of British Museum MS Additional 37049: a Religious Miscellany,” ed. Doty, pp. 206–11 Dufour La dance macabre peinte sous les charniers des Saints Innocents de Paris , ed. Dufour F Bibliothèque nationale de France fonds français 14989, fols. 1r–12v (basis for French Danse macabre ) Fein The Danse Macabre Printed by Guyot Marchant , ed. Fein Furnivall “Of Þre Messagers of Deeth,” ed. Furnivall, 2:443–48 H1 London, British Library Harley 1706, fols. 19v–20r H2 London, British Library, Harley 116, fols. 128r–v (basis for “A Mirror for Young Ladies at their Toilet”) Horstmann “Nachträge zu den Legenden 5: The Messengers of Death,” ed. Horstmann, pp. on 432–34 L British Library MS Lansdowne 669, fols. 41v–50v (basis for Lydgate, Dance of Death , B version) Lincy “La danse macabre reproduite textuellement d’apres l’unique exemplaire connu de l’édition princeps de Guyot Marchant,” ed. Le Roux de Lincy, pp. 291–317 N New Haven, Beinecke Library MS 493, fols. 51v–60v P Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library, Pepys Ballads 2.62 R Oxford, Bodleian Library 4o Rawl. 566 (203) RV Rome, Venerable English College (AVCAU) MS 1405, fols. 111r–21r S Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Selden Supra 53, fols. 148r–58v (basis for Lydgate, Dance of Death , A version) Saugnieux “ La danse macabre française de Guyot Marchant (1486),” ed. Saugnieux, pp. 143–64 Silverstein “Cest le Myrroure pur les Iofenes Dames,” ed. Silverstein, pp. 121–22 Sim London, British Library Addit. 22283 [Simeon MS], fols. 88vb–89ra V Oxford, Bodleian Library Eng. poet. a.1 (SC 3938) [Vernon MS], fols. 297vc–98rb (basis for “Three Messengers of Death”) Warren The Dance of Death , ed. Warren and White W1 Oxford, Bodleian Library Wood 401 (60) (Wing H2013A) W2 Oxford, Bodleian Library Wood 402 (48) (Wing H2013B).
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